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East and North Coasts

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Aberdeen Airport Cloudy 13° 73 NW 10 24 1,013
Boulmer Overcast 14° 10° 78 NE 8 16 1,013
Donna Nook Overcast 15° 66 NW 5 29 1,013
F3 16° 14° 16° 91 NW 17 1,013 5 0.2
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 12° 80 W 12 18 1,011
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 10° 95 WNW 12 7 1,009
Leuchars Overcast 15° 63 E 7 40 1,013
Lossiemouth Cloudy 15° 67 NW 12 21 1,013
Manston Light rain 15° 13° 92 NNW 11 2 1,013
Sandettie 16° 14° 16° 87 NNW 12 5 1,013 6 0.2
Shoeburyness Overcast 18° 11° 61 WNW 10 18 1,013
Weybourne Overcast 14° 11° 78 NW 13 15 1,013
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 12° 83 NW 13 12 1,012

Offshore

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Brittany 16° 16° 17° 96 NNE 11 1,019
Gascogne
K1
K2 14° 10° 14° 76 WNW 11 1,023
K7
M6
Pap 14° 15° 70 WNW 8 1,025

South Coast

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Bournemouth Airport Overcast 18° 10° 62 N 10 29 1,015
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 17° 11° 65 NW 14 15 1,017
E1 16° 11° 71 NW 17 1,017
Greenwich Light Vessel 17° 15° 16° 91 5 1,014 9 0.3
Guernsey Cloudy 18° 15° 84 WNW 9 13 1,016
Jersey Overcast 17° 15° 87 W 8 16 1,016
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Sunny intervals 20° 49 NW 12 11 1,016
Needles Old Battery
NE 5
Seven Stones 14° 10° 16° 74 N 13 10 1,018 6 1

West Coast

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Belfast International Airport Overcast 14° 73 WNW 5 32 1,016
Belmullet Cloudy 14° 11° 80 W 6 6 1,019
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 13° 10° 84 W 11 9 1,015
Crosby Overcast 15° 11° 75 NW 16 11 1,015
Islay Airport Overcast 14° 10° 77 WNW 11 12 1,016
K4 13° 11° 13° 91 WSW 14 1,018
K5 11° 10° 12° 91 1,012
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head Overcast 13° 10° 83 NW 10 6 1,017
Roches Point
Ronaldsway Cloudy 15° 68 WNW 15 1,015
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Sunny day 14° 10° 78 W 10 15 1,015
St. Bees Head Overcast 15° 10° 75 WNW 12 10 1,014
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 14° 68 W 5 29 1,014
Tiree Overcast 14° 75 NW 9 10 1,015
Valentia Observatory Sunny intervals 14° 10° 77 NW 8 10 1,021
Valley Overcast 15° 10° 70 NNW 11 21 1,016

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